Monday, December 23, 2013

Negating Statements


Negating a statement consists of creating the logical opposite of the statement.
The logical opposite is the statement that denies the truth of the original
statement, and a logical opposite is different than the polar opposite. For
example, consider the following statement:
I went to the beach every day last week.
The logical opposite is the statement requiring the least amount of “work” to
negate the original statement:
I did not go to the beach every day last week.
The polar opposite typically goes much further:
I did not go to the beach any day last week.
For LSAT purposes, the logical opposite is the statement you should seek when
negating, and in order to do this you must understand logical opposition.

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